##### What about the connection? Is it a P2P-connection directly from device to device or is there any third-party-server?
It uses a P2P connection if WebRTC is supported by the browser. (WebRTC needs a Signaling Server, but it is only used to establish a connection and is not involved in the file transfer).
None of your files are ever sent to any server. Files are sent only between peers. Snapdrop doesn't even use a database. If you are curious have a look [at the Server](https://github.com/RobinLinus/snapdrop/blob/master/server/).
No. ShareDrop is built with Ember. Snapdrop is built with vanilla ES6.
I wanted to play around with Progressive Web Apps and then I got the idea of a local file sharing app. By doing research on this idea I found and analysed ShareDrop. I liked it and thought about how to improve it.
ShareDrop uses WebRTC only and isn't compatible with Safari browsers. Snapdrop uses a Websocket fallback and some hacks to make Snapdrop work due to the download restrictions on iDevices.
To restart the containers run `docker-compose restart`.
To stop the containers run `docker-compose stop`.
Now point your browser to `http://localhost:8080`.
### Testing PWA related features
PWAs require that the app is served under a correctly set up and trusted TLS endpoint.
The nginx container creates a CA certificate and a website certificate for you. To correctly set the common name of the certificate you need to change the FQDN environment variable in `fqdn.env` to the fully qualified domain name of your workstation.
If you want to test PWA features you need to trust the CA of the certificate for your local deployment. For your convenience you can download the crt file from `http://<Your FQDN>:8080/ca.crt`. Install that certificate to the trust store of your operating system.
- On windows make sure to install it to the `Trusted Root Certification Authorities` store.
- On macOS double click the installed CA certificate in `Keychain Access` expand `Trust` and select `Always Trust` for SSL.
- Firefox uses its own trust store. To install the CA point Firefox at `http://<Your FQDN>:8080/ca.crt`. When prompted select `Trust this CA to identify websites` and click OK.
- When using Chrome you need to restart Chrome so it reloads the trust store (`chrome://restart`). Additionally, after installing a new cert you need to clear the Storage (DevTools -> Application -> Clear storagae -> Clear site data).
Please note that the certificates (CA and webserver cert) expire after a day.
Also whenever you restart the nginx docker container new certificates are created.
The client expects the server at http(s)://your.domain/server.
When serving the node server behind a proxy the `X-Forwarded-For` header has to be set by the proxy. Otherwise all clients that are served by the proxy will be mutually visible.
Note, if you are using Google Chrome you can easily install Snapdrop PWA on your desktop by clicking the install Button in the top-right corner.
If you are not using Chrome, you can install the [Snapdrop Desktop App](https://github.com/infin1tyy/snapdrop-desktop) built on top of Electrum. (Thanks to Infin1tyy!).
